President Ma Ying-jeou announced Monday that Taiwan has cancelled a travel alert applying to most of Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture in order to boost the number of tourists from Taiwan traveling to Japan. The alert now remains in effect only for the area in a 30-kilometer radius of TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Ma said at a reception held to commemorate the victims of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami on the northeast coast of Japan.
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Kingfisher Airlines has said that it is “curtailing” its international flights in a bid to cut costs amid a shortage of airline crew. The move comes as some staff have gone on strike because of unpaid wages. Read article
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The Halifax Stanfield International Airport was the site of another Nova Scotia contract dispute as commissionaires gathered to send the message to their employer that they want to be back at the bargaining table. The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) local 85100 has been without a collective agreement since January 2011, according to officials, […]
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Kuwaiti customs workers have struck over pay and benefits, disrupting port operations, border crossings and the airport, Bloomberg reports. 3600 employees stopped work yesterday (13th), demanding they won’t cease industrial action until the prime minister intervenes and meets workers demands. Read article
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Security men at the Kotoka International Airport Wednesday morning brought business at the airport to a standstill following a declaration of a sit down strike leaving passengers stranded. The Airport security guards reportedly locked up all exit points, both at the arrival and the departure halls thus preventing passengers from boarding planes or exiting the […]
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(Reuters) – Kenya expects tourism revenues to fall this year as the euro zone crisis hits confidence in key markets and foreign governments issue travel alerts over the threat from Somalian militants, its tourism minister said on Thursday. One of Kenya’s major foreign earners alongside tea and horticulture, tourism took a record 98 billion shillings […]
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Personnel of Aviation Security (AVSEC) has resumed work after a brief strike on Wednesday morning. The strike was as a result of information they had that some National Security Personnel intends storming the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on Wednesday morning after an altercation between AVSEC and National Security personnel on Tuesday night. Read article
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Just as the city’s buses start to come back, Haligonians on the move may find their travel plans disrupted in another realm: the Halifax International Airport. The members of PSAC Local 851000 work for Commissionaires Nova Scotia at the Halifax Airport, and are preparing to strike over a serious impasse with their employer over their […]
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During English Tourism Week, VisitEngland, the national tourist board announces findings from the first survey of its kind on the importance of day visits to the domestic tourism industry. The survey, conducted in 2011, in partnership with the national tourist boards of Wales and Scotland, shows GB residents took 1.5billion tourism day trips in the […]
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The number of agencies that made a profit in 2011 (55%) has surpassed 2007 levels, when 53 percent reported a profit, indicating continued -albeit slower than anticipated- economic growth, ASTA’s 2012 Agency Profile Study found.The study also found that the number of agencies with sales of less than $1 million (39%) and sales of more […]
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